2011 Winnebago View Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2011 Winnebago View, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Engine1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Engine
Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.
From owner reports, verbatim
6/20/2012- WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 101 I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND OUR 2011 WINNEBAGO VIEW 24J ACTED LIKE WE HIT A LARGE BUMP IN THE ROAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOW OUT. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I RAN AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I COULD HEAR AIR LEAKING FROM THE TIRES. A CHP OFFICER PULLED UP BEHIND US TO SEE IF WE WERE OKAY. HE ASKED IF THAT WAS OUR EXHAUST SYSTEM LAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF 101. I SAID I DON'T THINK SO, BUT WHEN I LOOKED TO SEE MY TAILPIPE STICKING OUT IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER REAR TIRES, I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GONE. OUR ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS GONE. FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BACK, EVERYTHING WAS MISSING. SOMEHOW, OUR EXHAUST SYSTEM DROPPED IN FRONT OF OUR REAR TIRES. IN THE DROPPED POSITION, THE TIRES STRUCK THE EXHAUST AND PULLED IT UNDER THEM. THIS PULLED THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM UNDER THE TIRES AND RIPPED IT FROM THE ENGINE. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS HEAVY AND LARGE. IT COULD EASILY DAMAGE ONCOMING VEHICLES. AS THE EXHAUST EXITED OUR VEHICLE, IT CUT ONE OF THE REAR TIRES CAUSING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. UPDATE: 8/29/2013 TOTAL COST OF ALL REPAIRS WAS OVER $10K. AFTER HEARING ABOUT ANOTHER WINNEBAGO VIEW OWNER THAT HAD NEARLY THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE I DECIDED TO POST THIS ON NHTSA. I BELIEVE THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO A FAILED EXHAUST HANGER AND LACK OF SECONDARY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE EXHAUST. I CONSIDER THIS A DESIGN FAILURE BY THE MANUFACTURER WINNEBAGO. *TT
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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